Origin and contrasting succession pathways of the Western Carpathian calcareous fens revealed by plant and mollusc macrofossils

0381518 - BÚ 2013 RIV US eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Hájková, Petra - Horsák, M. - Hájek, Michal - Lacina, A. - Buchtová, H. - Pelánková, B.
Origin and contrasting succession pathways of the Western Carpathian calcareous fens revealed by plant and mollusc macrofossils.
Boreas. Roč. 41, č. 4 (2012), s. 690-706. ISSN 0300-9483. E-ISSN 1502-3885
Institucionální podpora: RVO:67985939
Klíčová slova: succession * fens * multi-proxy
Kód oboru RIV: EF - Botanika
Impakt faktor: 2.457, rok: 2012

Using plant macrofossil and mollusc analyses of 50 basal samples and three representative profiles we illustrate the most common developmental types of calcareous fens: (i) fens originating in the Lateglacial, having an open or semi-open character during the whole Holocene; (ii) open fens originating as wooded wetlands; and (iii) open fens starting their development de novo in the late Holocene. Human activities were responsible for the formation of a high number of calcareous fens, especially in the Outer Western Carpathians, and became important drivers of fen biodiversity development. Only a few recently existing calcareous fens contain old sequences of calcareous deposits.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0211969